Nunavut

There is a little trick in dealing with the names of communities, in that several are considered plural, instead of singular:

Singluar Plural
Sanikiluaq Iqaluit
Kimmirut Kinngait
Qamanittuaq Naujaat
Uhuqtuuq Arviat
Qurluqtuq Salliit

 

This affects what affix we can use with them. For the singular place names, we use -mi, -mut, & -mit. For the plural place names we have to use -ni, -nut, & -nit.

Namiippit? Sanikiluarmi Iqalunni
Namuungaqqit? Ikpiarjummut Sallirnut
Nakingaaqqit? Uqhuqtuurmit Kinngarnit

When using the plural endings (-ni, -nut, & -nit) remember to tack them on to the singular form of the noun:

Iqaluit iqaluk Iqalunni
fishes fish In Iqaluit
     
Salliit salliq Sallirni
flat islands
 flat island
 in Coral Harbour

 

see also: -mi, -mut & -mit

IN, TO, FROM

Inuktitut has three handy affixes for describing where you are, where you are going, or where you are coming from.  They follow a similar pattern.

-mit from
-mut to
-mi at / in
 
illumi
in the house
illumit
from the house
illumut to the house
When -mi, -mut, & -mit are added to stems ending in q, they change final q to r:
tupiq + mi tupirmi in the tent

...and in the South Qikiqtaaluk dialect, they change all other final consonants to m:

kuuk + mit = kuummit from the river
All of the above affixes have a plural form: -ni, -nut, & -nit
kuugalaammut kuugalaanut
to the creek to the creeks
 
tasirmit tasirnit
from the lake from the lakes
 
naqsarmi naqsarni
in the valley in the valleys
We can use these affixes when answering the following questions:
Namiippit? nunasiummi
Where are you? in the car
 
Namunngaqqit? illuralaarmut
Where are you going? to the cabin
 
Nakingaaqqit? kinngarnit
Where are you coming from? from the mountains

THE AFFIX -JAQTUQ-

This is a handy affix used to talk about going somewhere for a specific purpose. It has several forms depending on the last letter of the root it is attached to.

 

Following roots ending in vowels, use -jaqtuq-

niri- to eat
nirijaqtuqtunga I am going (somewhere) to eat.
   
katima- to meet
katimajaqtuqtugut We are going to a meeting.

 

 

Following roots ending in Q, use -riaq-

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅ- to learn
ilinniariaqtuq she/he goes to school
   
niuviq- to shop
niuviriaqtuq she/he is going shopping

 

 

Following K, use -giaq-

sinik- to sleep
sinigiaqtut They are going (somewhere) to sleep.